2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLB towing

Sym
bols Sym
bols.... ...................................................... 5 5
AA
t a gla nce t
a gla nce ...................................................... 6 6
Co ckpit ........ ................................................... 6
Indicat orand warning lamps(standar d)...... ... 10
Indicat orand warning lamps(Widescr een
Coc kpit) ............ ............................................12
Ov erhead controlpanel .................................14
Door operating unitandseat adjustment .......16
Emer gencie sand break downs .......... .......... ...18 DigitDigit
alOpe r al
Ope rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l.......... .................... 20 20
Cal ling uptheDigit alOper ator's Manual ........ 20 GenerGener
alno t al
no tes es
..... .......................................... 22 22
Pr otection oftheen vironment ....................... 22
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts..... .................. 22
Oper ator's Manual .......... .............................. 23
Mer cedes meapp ................................... ......2 4
Ser viceand vehicle operation ............... ......... 24
Oper atingsaf ety................................ ............ 25
Decl arati on ofcon form ity forwir eless
ve hicle compone nts... ...... ............................. 27 Diag
nostics conn ection................................. 27
Quali /edspecial istwo rkshop ........................ 28
Cor rect use oftheve hicle ............................. 29
Spo rtUtil ityVehicle ....................................... 29
No tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedical
aids ..............................................................29
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............................3 0
Re por ting safetydef ect s................................ 30
Lim ited Warrant y... ........................................3 1
QR code forre scue card... ............................3 1
Dat astor ag e.... ........ .....................................3 1
Cop yright .................. .................................... 36 Occupant
safe Occupant
safety ty
...... ......................................37 37
Re str aint system ...........................................3 7
Sea tbe lts ............ .........................................3 9
Airba gs......... ......... .......................................43
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ......... ...............................50
Au tomatic measur esaTer anaccident ......... .. 51
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hicle ...... 51
No teson pets intheve hicle .......................... 65 Open
ingand closin g Open
ingand closin g... ........................... ........ 66 66
Smar tKey <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F> 66Door
s<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Car gocom partment <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F> 74
Side windo ws<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Sliding sunroof<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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An ti-th eT protection .......... ............................ 86 Seats
andsto Seats
andstowing wing
.........................................8 9 89
No teson thecor rect driver's seat positi on....8 9
No teson theheight limitontheth ird ro w
of seats .........................................................9 0
Sea ts.... ........................................................ 90
St eer ing wheel ............................................ 101
Easy entryand exitfeatur e... ....................... 102
Mem oryfu nct ion ......................................... 103
St owa geareas ...... ...................................... 104
Soc kets <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connection withth eex terior ant enna ....121
Inst alling/ remo vingth e0oor mats ............... 123 Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ........................................ 124 124
Ext erior lighting ........................................... 124
Int erior lighting ............................................ 129 22
Cont
ents

Wi
ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ................................................ ........ 130
Mir rors <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 134Clima
t Clima
te contr e
control ol
<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 138 138
Ov ervie wof clim atecontrol systems ............ 138
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 138 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 142 142
Dr iving ........................................................1 42
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 54
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 57
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 61
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 62
Pa rking ...... .................................................1 64
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ............ 171
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .................. ........ 222 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 223 223
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 223
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ................. 224 Ov
ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...225
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ...........2 25
Ov ervie wof displa ysintheinst rument
displa y... ..................................................... 227
Head-u pDispla y... ....................................... 227 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 30 230
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................230
Sy stem settings .......................................... 239
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................243
Te lephone ............ ....................................... 253
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 257
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 264
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 67
Sound settings ............................................274 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 275 275
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 275
Engine compartment ................................... 276
Chec kingthebr ak epad thickness ................ 282
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 282 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.................................290 290
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 290
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................291
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................298
To w star tin gor towing away <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Elec trica lfuses <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 306 Whee
lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 310 310
No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 310
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 310
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 311
Ti re pressur e.... .... ....................................... 311
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 18
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 322
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......327
Changing awheel ........................................ 329
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 38 TT
ec ec
hnical dat hnical
data a
....... ......................................342 342
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 342
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 342
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 344 Con
tents
3 3

1
Safetyve sts →
290
2 ; mebutton →
257
0053 SOSbutton →
257
3 002F Hazard wa rning light system →
126
4 Startin gassis tance →
300
5 Checking and re/ll ing ope rating 0uids →
346
6 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
303
7 Flat tire →
291
8 B-pillar with: QR
code foracces singthere scue card →
31
9 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
303
A TIREFIT kit →
293
B Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
291
C Warning triangle →
290
D Fuel/ller 0apwith:
inf ormation labelonfuel type →
162
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
313
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
31 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
19 19

mum
permissible speedapplying toave hicle with
a trailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad just thespeed inthese situations. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoActive
Speed LimitAssistada pting theve hicle' s
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpeed Limit
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidu alcases, suchas:
R atspeed limitsbelo w12 mph(2 0km /h)
R inwe tcondi tions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htra1c regula tions . #
Adjust thedr iving speed tosuit current
tr a1c andweather cond itions. FF
unct ionofr unct
ionofrout out
e-based speed adapt e-b
ased speed adaptatio n atio
n
When ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d, theve hicle speed willbeadap tedaccor dingly
to thero uteev ents ahead. Depending onthedr ive
pr og ram select ed,theve hicle negotiat es aro ute ev
ent ahead inan economical, comfortable or
dynamic manner.When thero uteev ent has been
passed, theve hicle acceler ates again tothe
st or ed spee d. These tdi st an ce totheve hicle in
fr ont ,ve hicles detected ahead andspeed restr ic-
ti on sah eadar eta ke nint oac cou nt.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv atero ute-based
speed adaptation inthemultimedia system
(/ page188).
The follo wing routeeve nts are take nint oac cou nt:
R Cur ves
R T-int ersections, roundabouts andtollplazas
R Turnsand exits
R Tra1c jams ahead (onlywit hLiv eTra1c Infor-
matio n)
% When theto llst ation isreac hed, ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON ICado ptsth espeed as
th estor ed speed.
Also, thespeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi-
cat ortochang elane sis switc hedonand one of
th efo llo wing situations isde tected:
R Turning o.atintersections R
Driving onslowing-do wnlanes
R Driving onlanes adjacent toslo wing -down
lane s
The driver isresponsi bleforch oosing theright
spe edand observing other road user s.This
appli esinpar ticu lartointersections, roundabouts
and tra1c lights, asroute-based speedadaptation
does notbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands till.
When routeguidance isactiv e,the/r st speed
adjustmen tis car ried out automaticall y.Ifth etur n
signal indicat orisswitc hedon,theselect edrout e
is con/ rmed and further speed adjustmen tis acti-
va ted.
Speed adaptation iscanc eled inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Ifth etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedo.
bef oreth ero uteev ent.
R Ifth edr iver depr esses theacceler ator or
br ak epedal during thepr ocess.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Ro ute-based speedadaptation does notta ke right
of wa yre gula tions intoac cou nt.The driver is Dr
iving andparking
187 187

FF
unction ofCr unction
ofCross oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t
% Cross Tra1c Alertisonl yav ailabl efo rve hicles
wit hBli nd Spo tAssis tor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertcan warndriver sof anycr oss-
ing tra1c when backing upand maneuv ering out
of apar king space. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacent tothe
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situ ation isde tected, theL
symbol appearsin themedia displayand theve hi-
cle can bebrak ed aut omati cally.
If th era dar sensor sar eobstr uctedbyvehicles or
ot her objects, detection isno tpossible .
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisactiv eunder thefo llo wing
conditions:
R Ifth eve hicle isbac king upatawa lking pace.
R Maneuv ering assist anceisactiv ated
(/ page222).
% Also obser vetheinst ruction son Blind Spo t
Assis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
(/ page202) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl eon incl ines. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gt atin
gthe mane uv he
mane uver er
ing assis t ing
assis tant ant
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
SwitchMa neu veringAssi stance onoro..
% The mane uvering assis tant must beactivefo r
th efunction ofDrive Aw ayAss ist
(/ page221) andCross Tra1c Alert
( / pag e222). VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused for0at towing ordin ghy
to wing ,fo rex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canresult indamag eto theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withtow bar sys-
te ms, safedr ivin gch aract eristics cann otbe guar -
ant eed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle.
The vehicle- trailer combin ationmaysw erve from
si de toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page302) R
The noteson towing theve hicle withbo th
axles onthegr ound (/page303) 222222
Dr
ivin gand parking

*
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agefrom automa ticbrak ing If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isswitc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain
situations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avoid damag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing #
Inacar wash *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tounsuit ablecarwash #
Beforedr ivi ng intoacar wash mak esur e
th at thecar wash issuit able forth eve hi-
cle dimen sions. #
Ensu rether eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis dea ctiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The side windo wsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion/h eating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) awa yfrom theve hicle. Other wise
th eta ilg atecould openunintentionall y.
R Inaut omati ccar washes withcon veyo rsy s-
te ms:
- Neutral005C iseng aged. -
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:If
yo uwo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while it
is bein gwa shed, makesur eth eSmar tKey
is locat edintheve hicle. Theparkposit ion
005D isother wise automati callyeng aged.
% If,aTer thecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will prev ent smear ingand reduce wiper noise.
A A
ut ut
omatic carw omatic
carwash mode ash
mode
In car wash mode, theve hicle isprepar edfordr iv-
ing intoth eaut omatic carwash. Car wash mode
can beactiv ated ataspeed ofup to12 mph
(20 km/h )(/ pag e284).
The follo wing settings aremade whencarwash
mode isactiv ated:
R The outsi demir rors arefo lded in.
R Toprev ent thewindshield washer system from
st ar tin gup aut omati cally,thera in sensor is
deactiv ated.
R The rear wind owwiper isdeacti vated.
R The aircondition ingsystem isse tto air-recir -
culat ionmode.
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisdea ctivated. Maint
enanc eand care
283 283

Obser
vethefo llo wing notesif yo uwa nttoreplace
th ebatt eryyo urself:
R Alwaysre place afa ulty batterywit habatt ery
whic hmee tsthespeci/c vehicle requ ire-
ments.
The vehicle iseq uipp edwitha0eece battery.
Fu llve hicle funct ionalityis onl yguar anteed
wit ha0eece battery. Fo rsaf etyre asons,
Mer cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youonl y
use batteries whic hha ve been tested and
ap pro vedfo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Be nz.
R Usede tach able partssuc has vent hos es,
elbo w/tting sor term inal covers from thebat-
te ry whic his to be replaced.
R Mak esur eth at theve nt hos eis alw ayscon-
nect edtotheor iginal opening ontheside of
th ebatt ery.
Ins tallan yex istin gor supplied cellcaps.
Ot her wise, gases orbatt eryacid could
escape.
R Mak esur eth at detach able partsarere con-
nect edinthesame way. TT
o o
w st w
star ar
tin gor to ting
ortowing away wing
away PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods (nonplug-inh hods
(nonplug-inhybr ybr
id) id)
PP
er er
mitt mitt
edto ed
towing met wing
methods hods
Mer cedes- Benzre commen dstranspor tingyo ur
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rather than
to wing itawa y.
Fo rto wing ,use ato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axles onthegr ound. Donotuse tow bar systems. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing
wit hsteer ing wheel locking
When thesteer ing wheel locking iseng aged,
yo ucan nolong ersteer theve hicle. #
Alwaysswitc hon theve hicle when tow-
ing withato w rope ortow bar . *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetotow-
ing awa yin cor rectl y #
Obser vetheinst ruction sand noteson
to wing away. VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission ansmission
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Re ar axle
ra ised Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h) 4MA4MA
TIC v TI
C veh icle s eh
icle s
Bo th axles on
th egr ound Ye
s,maximum 31mile s
(50 km) at31 mph(5 0km /h)
Fr ont axle
ra ised No
Re ar axle
ra ised No TT
o to o
to w wit w
wit har h
araised axle: aised
axle:towing should beper -
fo rm ed byato wing company. 302302
Br
eakdo wnassist ance

TT
o o
wing t wing
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
withbo t h
bo th axles ont h
axles onthe gr he
ground ound
#
Obser vetheno teson theper mitt edtowing
me thods (/page302). #
Mak esur eth at thebatt eryis connect edand
ch arge d.
Obser vethefo llo wing points whenthebatt eryis
disc harged:
R The vehicle cannotbe star ted
R The electric par king brak eca nno tbe released
or applied
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:The
tr ansmiss ioncanno tbe shiTed toposition 005C
or 005D.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
Ifth e
tr ansm ission canno tbe shiTed toposition 005C
or ifth edispla ydoes notsho wan ything,
tr anspor tth eve hicle (/page304) .A towing
ve hicle withliTi ng equipme ntisrequ ired for
ve hicle transpor tation. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dam agedue totowing away at
ex cessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong dis-
ta nces The
drivet ra in could bedamag edwhen towing
at excessiv elyhigh speeds orove rlong distan-
ces. #
Atowing speed of30 mph(5 0km /h)
mu stno tbe exceeded. #
Atowing distance of30 mile s(50 km)
must notbe exceeded. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing a
ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe dawa y
is hea vier than theper missible gross mass of
yo ur vehicle, thefo llo wing situations can
occur :
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmay
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star ting ortowing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor to
we dawa yex ceeds theper missible
gr oss mass. If
ave hicle mustbe tow- star tedor towe dawa y,its
per missible gross mass mustnotex ceed theper -
missible gross mass oftheto wing vehicle. #
Informatio non theper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle identi-
/cation plate(/ page345) . #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:Do not
open thedr iver's door orfront passeng er
door ;th etransmission other wise automati -
call yshiTs toposition 005D. #
Inst alltheto wing eye(/ page305). #
Fasten theto wing device .
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect conn ec-
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconn ecttheto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. #
Deactiv ateth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page72). Br
eakdo wnassist ance
303 303